Law enforcement initially attempted to stop the procession in Wyoming due to closed roads, but officers quickly decided to provide a police escort instead. The dedicated group rode for eighteen hours on their first day, receiving free meals from moved citizens at a truck stop outside Casper. A severe storm on the second day caused three riders to slip on black ice, but they all remounted their motorcycles and continued moving forward. When their specialized hearse hit another patch of ice two hundred miles from their destination, a local rancher organized twelve pickup trucks to surround and protect the bikers.
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